วิ่งไม่หยุด: Saturday Evening Bike to National Palace Museum Resumed

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Saturday Evening Bike to National Palace Museum Resumed

Activities/Actions:

Biked to/from GuGong
Paraded with three Cows on CowParade @ NPM
Snack @Shilin and Dinner @Roahe

Stat & Course condition:
A section of North Bank Keelung River bike path between DaZhi Bridge and Grand Hotel was under construction with only one lane available. The weather was nice.

Note and reflections:
Last year, the weekend bike trips to National Palace Museum started on the 19th of April [April Runs] and ended on the 25th of October [Octorber Runs: Where is a long run?]. The cease was due to weather, other activities and my completion of all exhibition rooms. Recently, the museum exhibits new themes and artifacts, so it is the time to begin a ride into Chinese's rich treasures.

Today, I started my journey around 5p and got to Shilin Park and found many totem poles at the entrance of the park. I stopped to take some photos of these craved poles in various shapes; some were made by other materials (bronze cast; recycled engine parts). I arrived at GuGong just before 6p and found three artistic cows of CowParade being fenced off by red strip. How come??!! As public arts, these cows were supposed to interact with people but, instead, being fenced off (Poor cows)--could not even take a good photo without the red tape surrounding them. (see other CowParade Posts at CowParade Taipei 2009)

The exhibition was fine with a puppet show at Saturday Night @ NPM from a Hakka Puppet Theater. I came back home around 10p after a short stop in Shilin Night Market for a fried chicken and at Roahe Night Market for BiBimBap (石頭拌飯). At a Shilin fried & grilled chicken stand, I told the seller that I want "very spicy (大辣 Da La)." She asked me three times to confirm that I really wanted "very spicy." I guess that no one ordered spiciness at this level. Actually, the "Da La" chicken was not spicy at all. (PS. Both markets were crowded as usual).

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